Viktor Skihar, MD, PhD

Education:

Medical Doctor (1994, Chernivtsi State Medical Institute, Chernivtsi, Ukraine)
General Surgeon (1997, Bucovinian Medical Academy, Chernivtsi, Ukraine)
Doctor of Philosophy (2004, Neuroscience, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada)

2004 - present: Harnessing beneficial inflammation via production of growth factors by Th2 lymphocytes to promote oligodendrogenesis and remyelination
2004 - present: Axonal injury within a focal cytokine-induced demyelinated lesion in an animal model with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; axonal protection and regeneration.
2004 - present: Extracellular matrix molecules, neuroinflammation and remyelination.
2004 - present: Remyelination and pregnancy.
1998 - 2004: Migration of olfactory ensheathing cells grafted into the rat spinal cord with experimentally developed demyelinated lesions.
2001 - 2004: Human olfactory mucosa as a source of the olfactory ensheathing cells for future cell treatment of multiple sclerosis and CNS injuries.

2007, Gregg C, Shikar V, Larsen P, Mak G, Chojnacki A, Yong VW, Weiss S, White matter plasticity and enhanced remyelination in the maternal CNS, J Neurosci 27:1812-1823, 2007 ( See the Publication )
2004, Boyd, G., SKIHAR, V., Kawaja, M., and Doucette, R. Lac-Z expressing olfactory ensheathing cells do not associate with myelinated axons after implantation into the compressed spinal cord. PNAS. 2004. 101(7): 2162-2166.
2003, Boyd, G., SKIHAR, V., Kawaja, M., and Doucette, R. Olfactory ensheathing cells: historical Perspective and therapeutic potential. Anatomic Rec. 2003, 271B: 49-60.
2002, Mohamed, A.A, Avila, J.G., Schultke, E., Kamencic, H., SKIHAR, V., Obayan, A., and Juurlink, B.H.J. Amelioration of experimental allergic encephalitis (EAE) through phase 2 enzyme induction. Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, 2002; Vol. 38: 9-13.